Lack of popular majority forbids you from majoritarian govt: Pranab Mukherjee

Former President Pranab Mukherjee statement comes amid the central government is facing countrywide flak for taking punitive action against university students and protests in the North-East states against the recently amended Citizenship Act.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee delivering the 2nd Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture on Monday. (Source: Twitter/PranabMukherjee)

Former President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said that numerical majority in elections is key to a stable government.

Delivering the second Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial lecture at Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi, Mukherjee said, “A numerical majority in elections gives you the right to make a stable government. The lack of popular majority forbids you from a majoritarian government. That is the message and essence of our Parliamentary democracy.”

"A numerical majority in elections gives you the right to make a stable Government.The lack of popular majority forbids you from a majoritarian Government.That is the message & essence of our Parliamentary Democracy."
Delivered the 2nd #AtalBihariVajpayee Memorial Lecture today. pic.twitter.com/qUfqZmyecx

— Pranab Mukherjee Legacy Foundation- PMLF (@CitiznMukherjee) December 16, 2019

His statement comes at a time when the central government is drawing countrywide flak for taking punitive action against university students and protests in the North-East states against the recently amended Citizenship Act.

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Several BJP leaders, including Suresh Prabhu and Ram Madhav, were present at the event.

Mukherjee, who was the Union finance minister under the UPA-II government, had worked closely with the Narendra Modi government in its first tenure as the President of India till he retired from his post in 2017.

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